Mike Conley vs. Don Nelson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Don Nelson and Mike Conley, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Mike Conley played 17 years in the NBA, 3 more than Don Nelson, who played 14. Mike Conley had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Don Nelson had his rookie season in 1962-63. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Mike Conley	17	11	2007-08 to 2023-24
Don Nelson	14	11	1962-63 to 1975-76

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2007-08	1962-63
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Zephyrs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	53	26.1	9.4	0.4	2.2	2.6	4.2	0.8	0.0	1.7	1.6	3.6	8.3	.428	0.6	1.7	.330	1.7	2.3	.732
Don Nelson	62	17.3	6.8	-	-	4.5	1.2	-	-	-	2.2	2.1	4.7	.440	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2008-09	1963-64
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	82	30.6	10.9	0.3	3.1	3.4	4.3	1.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	3.9	8.9	.442	1.1	2.6	.406	2.0	2.4	.817
Don Nelson	80	17.6	5.2	-	-	4.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.3	1.7	4.0	.418	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Nelson	5	11.2	3.4	-	-	2.6	0.4	-	-	-	2.2	1.4	2.6	.538	-	-	-	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 3
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2009-10	1964-65
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	80	32.1	12.0	0.4	2.0	2.4	5.3	1.4	0.2	2.1	2.2	4.6	10.4	.445	1.0	2.7	.387	1.7	2.3	.743
Don Nelson	39	6.1	2.4	-	-	1.9	0.6	-	-	-	1.0	0.9	2.2	.424	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Nelson	11	19.3	6.1	-	-	5.4	1.7	-	-	-	2.8	2.2	4.8	.453	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.760


Season 4
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2010-11	1965-66
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	81	35.5	13.7	0.4	2.7	3.0	6.5	1.8	0.2	2.2	2.2	5.2	11.8	.444	1.0	2.7	.369	2.2	3.0	.733
Don Nelson	75	23.5	10.2	-	-	5.4	1.1	-	-	-	2.5	3.6	8.2	.439	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	13	39.0	15.2	0.5	3.3	3.8	6.4	1.1	0.2	2.3	3.0	5.5	14.1	.388	0.8	2.8	.297	3.4	4.1	.830
Don Nelson	17	18.6	8.4	-	-	5.0	0.8	-	-	-	2.9	2.9	6.9	.424	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.808


Season 5
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2011-12	1966-67
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	62	35.1	12.7	0.4	2.2	2.5	6.5	2.2	0.2	2.0	2.1	4.8	11.0	.433	1.0	2.6	.377	2.2	2.5	.861
Don Nelson	79	15.2	7.5	-	-	3.7	0.8	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	6.4	.446	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	7	39.6	14.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.1	0.9	0.0	2.3	2.7	4.6	10.9	.421	1.6	3.1	.500	3.4	4.6	.750
Don Nelson	9	15.8	7.1	-	-	4.7	1.0	-	-	-	1.3	3.0	6.6	.458	-	-	-	1.1	1.9	.588


Season 6
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2012-13	1967-68
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	80	34.5	14.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	6.1	2.2	0.3	2.4	2.1	5.2	11.8	.440	1.3	3.7	.362	2.9	3.5	.830
Don Nelson	82	18.3	10.0	-	-	5.3	1.3	-	-	-	2.2	3.8	7.7	.494	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	15	38.3	17.0	0.8	3.9	4.7	7.1	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.3	5.5	14.4	.384	1.2	4.3	.281	4.7	6.2	.763
Don Nelson	19	24.6	12.5	-	-	7.5	1.7	-	-	-	2.6	4.8	9.2	.520	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.743


Season 7
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2013-14	1968-69
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	73	33.5	17.2	0.6	2.4	2.9	6.0	1.5	0.2	2.1	1.9	6.3	14.1	.450	1.4	4.0	.361	3.1	3.8	.815
Don Nelson	82	21.6	11.6	-	-	5.6	1.1	-	-	-	2.4	4.6	9.4	.485	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	7	38.1	15.9	0.7	3.9	4.6	7.9	2.0	0.1	2.1	2.0	6.3	14.6	.431	0.4	3.9	.111	2.9	3.7	.769
Don Nelson	18	19.3	12.4	-	-	4.6	1.2	-	-	-	2.8	4.8	9.3	.518	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.833


Season 8
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2014-15	1969-70
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	70	31.8	15.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	5.4	1.3	0.2	2.2	2.0	5.6	12.6	.446	1.5	4.0	.386	3.1	3.6	.859
Don Nelson	82	27.1	15.4	-	-	7.3	1.8	-	-	-	2.9	5.6	11.2	.501	-	-	-	4.1	5.3	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	8	30.4	14.4	0.0	1.1	1.1	5.0	1.4	0.0	1.5	1.3	5.1	12.0	.427	1.3	4.1	.303	2.9	3.5	.821
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2015-16	1970-71
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	56	31.4	15.3	0.5	2.5	2.9	6.1	1.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.3	12.4	.422	1.4	3.8	.363	3.4	4.1	.834
Don Nelson	82	27.5	13.9	-	-	6.9	1.9	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	10.7	.468	-	-	-	3.9	5.2	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2016-17	1971-72
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	69	33.2	20.5	0.4	3.0	3.5	6.3	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.8	6.7	14.6	.460	2.5	6.1	.408	4.6	5.3	.859
Don Nelson	82	25.4	13.8	-	-	5.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	9.9	.480	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	6	37.3	24.7	0.2	3.2	3.3	7.0	1.7	0.5	2.0	1.8	8.3	17.2	.485	2.8	6.3	.447	5.2	6.2	.838
Don Nelson	11	28.0	13.2	-	-	5.5	1.9	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	9.0	.525	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.854


Season 11
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2017-18	1972-73
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	12	31.1	17.1	0.0	2.3	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.0	5.3	14.0	.381	2.0	6.4	.312	4.4	5.5	.803
Don Nelson	72	19.8	10.8	-	-	4.4	1.4	-	-	-	2.2	4.3	9.0	.476	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Nelson	13	23.3	11.0	-	-	2.9	1.2	-	-	-	2.2	3.6	7.8	.465	-	-	-	3.8	4.3	.875


Season 12
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2018-19	1973-74
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	70	33.5	21.1	0.6	2.8	3.4	6.4	1.3	0.3	1.9	1.8	7.0	16.0	.438	2.2	6.1	.364	4.9	5.8	.845
Don Nelson	82	21.3	11.5	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.0	0.2	0.2	-	2.3	4.4	8.7	.508	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Nelson	18	25.9	11.4	1.4	4.0	5.4	1.9	0.4	0.2	-	3.0	4.6	9.1	.500	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.774


Season 13
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2019-20	1974-75
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	47	29.0	14.4	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.4	0.8	0.1	2.0	2.2	4.9	12.1	.409	2.0	5.4	.375	2.4	3.0	.827
Don Nelson	79	26.0	14.0	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.3	0.4	0.2	-	3.0	5.4	9.9	.539	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	5	33.0	19.8	0.6	2.2	2.8	5.2	1.6	0.2	1.0	2.0	6.2	12.8	.484	3.6	6.8	.529	3.8	4.4	.864
Don Nelson	11	24.9	15.4	1.6	2.5	4.1	2.4	0.2	0.2	-	3.3	6.0	10.6	.564	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	.902


Season 14
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2020-21	1975-76
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	51	29.4	16.2	0.7	2.8	3.5	6.0	1.4	0.2	1.9	1.9	5.6	12.5	.444	2.7	6.6	.412	2.4	2.8	.852
Don Nelson	75	12.6	6.4	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	-	1.5	2.3	5.1	.462	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	6	29.3	15.3	0.5	3.0	3.5	7.7	0.2	0.5	2.3	2.5	4.8	11.3	.426	3.0	6.2	.486	2.7	2.7	1.000
Don Nelson	18	17.5	9.1	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.2	0.1	-	2.6	2.9	6.0	.481	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	.870


Season 15
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	72	28.6	13.7	0.7	2.4	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.8	11.0	.435	2.3	5.8	.408	1.8	2.3	.796
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	6	29.0	9.2	0.3	2.8	3.2	4.8	0.8	0.3	2.2	3.2	3.2	9.5	.333	0.8	4.2	.200	2.0	2.5	.800
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	67	30.3	11.9	0.5	2.2	2.7	6.7	1.1	0.2	1.5	2.1	3.9	9.1	.428	2.0	5.2	.385	2.1	2.5	.834
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	5	36.6	12.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.4	0.6	0.0	1.4	2.2	4.0	8.4	.476	2.0	4.4	.455	2.0	2.2	.909
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Mike Conley	Don Nelson
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	76	28.9	11.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	5.9	1.2	0.2	1.3	1.7	3.9	8.5	.457	2.4	5.3	.442	1.3	1.5	.911
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	8	31.8	11.3	0.6	3.1	3.8	7.0	1.1	0.1	1.9	2.9	4.0	10.0	.400	1.9	5.0	.375	1.4	1.6	.846
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mike Conley vs. Don Nelson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Don Nelson and Mike Conley, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

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Season 17